Post by george on Oct 28, 2019 14:51:36 GMT
A really exciting parcel arrived last week, a horse I've wanted in Julip form for about eight years - meet Horatio!
Horatio is a fictional 1910s hunting horse from my own writing and illustration, I've been drawing him for about eight years, and I always thought I'd need a Julip of him eventually, but never got round to ordering one as a portrait. I'd been kind of hoping I might be able to pick up a bay of the right colour on the TB mould as a spare, then adjust the markings myself, if I waited long enough and was lucky enough, but it never did happen.
Last week this hunter appeared BIN on ebay, and I immediately forgot all about the preferred TB mould because this one had the makings of the perfect Horatio.
He had a very tiny white star, and no socks, which meant I could easily add on the right markings, without changing him too much. He also had a full length tail, and I admit it was so lovely I didn't have the heart to chop it off for the historically accurate bobbed tail of the era - instead I carefully popped out his whole tail unharmed, and made him this short one with some spare black mohair. The original tail is safe in a plastic bag, and because I didn't use any glue in attaching this one, they can be swapped at will - if he does any showing, he can wear his long tail for the breed classes!
Here's his distinctive kinked stripe with a pink nose, carefully copied from his drawn version but trying to keep to a 'Julippy' style, so he looks as if he could've been a factory-finish order and not look out of place with the rest of my herd.
I made him a headcollar and bridle while I waited for the weather to improve enough to get him outside and take photos
(You can see more pictures of his tack, and him just being a big shiny handsome horse, along with the art that he's based on, over at my blog where I ramble in much more detail about all things modelly : harecrofthorses.blogspot.com/2019/10/horatio.html )
Harpley Horatio - I'm delighted to have added him to my herd at long last, he's been on my wish-list for such a long time it's hugely satisfying to look up and see him on my mantelpiece!
Horatio is a fictional 1910s hunting horse from my own writing and illustration, I've been drawing him for about eight years, and I always thought I'd need a Julip of him eventually, but never got round to ordering one as a portrait. I'd been kind of hoping I might be able to pick up a bay of the right colour on the TB mould as a spare, then adjust the markings myself, if I waited long enough and was lucky enough, but it never did happen.
Last week this hunter appeared BIN on ebay, and I immediately forgot all about the preferred TB mould because this one had the makings of the perfect Horatio.
He had a very tiny white star, and no socks, which meant I could easily add on the right markings, without changing him too much. He also had a full length tail, and I admit it was so lovely I didn't have the heart to chop it off for the historically accurate bobbed tail of the era - instead I carefully popped out his whole tail unharmed, and made him this short one with some spare black mohair. The original tail is safe in a plastic bag, and because I didn't use any glue in attaching this one, they can be swapped at will - if he does any showing, he can wear his long tail for the breed classes!
Here's his distinctive kinked stripe with a pink nose, carefully copied from his drawn version but trying to keep to a 'Julippy' style, so he looks as if he could've been a factory-finish order and not look out of place with the rest of my herd.
I made him a headcollar and bridle while I waited for the weather to improve enough to get him outside and take photos
(You can see more pictures of his tack, and him just being a big shiny handsome horse, along with the art that he's based on, over at my blog where I ramble in much more detail about all things modelly : harecrofthorses.blogspot.com/2019/10/horatio.html )
Harpley Horatio - I'm delighted to have added him to my herd at long last, he's been on my wish-list for such a long time it's hugely satisfying to look up and see him on my mantelpiece!
